Chaco Canyon was an amazing place to be. More ruins than you can imagine, and if you hike the Peublo Alto trail, you can see almost all of the ruins from the top of the Mesa. Pueblo Bonito was the largest of the great houses and the center of the Chacoan world. It was lived in from…
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Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde. What can I say? That we have the opportunity to stand in a home built by Ancestral Pueblo people built in the mid-1100’s and look down the same canyon is…I don’t have the words. What’s the world that encompasses wonder, curiosity, admiration, humility, reflection, joy, stillness, connection, respect and energy? What word do…
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison is impressive. There is just something about canyons. By this point in my trip – about 3 months in – I had seen a few. Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a straight up stunner. “…no other canyon in North America combines the depth, narrowness, sheerness and somber countenance of…
Rocky Mountain National Park
I entered Rocky Mountain National Park at the Grand Lake Entrance Station on the west side. My campsite was aaaall the way across the park at the Moraine Park campground on the east side. That meant that I had to cover nearly the whole length of the 48 mile Trail Ridge Road, cross Milner Pass at 10,758…
South of Yellowknife, west of the Mississippi, north of Laredo
In this work-a-day world full of bills and due dates, when do you get out of the city and see all of the sights you’ve always wanted to see? If you are lucky you’ll spend a long weekend in one of those extraordinary places. If you are really lucky, you’ll get get the best gift ever. TIME. My gift came…
Where to? Why not? 